Making Deal on Route to Survive
After the race started, everybody in the I.M.P. building group have gone doing their own things like the demon kids are using their wings to fly in the air while the others like the humans and the two other demons are running on foot.
"Hey!" Jazz spotted something that could be of interest to him.
Jazz glide down and snatch up a big egg that is about the size of his head and flew back up to the others.
"Hey, how much do you think this egg would be worth if I sell it?" Jazz asked.
"You're thinking about money now when everything else is shit? Not sure if money would be a thing anymore." Lied said.
"Maybe so, but I could still get something else like a cool item or maybe something comfy or tasty." Jazz stated.
"Don't sell it, boil it and let it set for eight minutes to make it healthy to eat." Allocer suggested.
"Huh, Jazz… Did you by any chance get that egg from a big nest or something?" Lied asked, looking scared upon seeing something coming at them.
"Yeah, why? Did you spot another big egg?" Jazz asked back.
"No, but I do see some piss off bird parents coming toward us!" Lied alerted.
True to his words, two big birds with flaming talons and mohawk style coming towards the three boys and started attacking them to get their egg back, the boys panic trying to shoo the birds away until they snatch their eggs back and flew back to their nest.
"Shit, that egg would've gotten me something." Jazz complained.
"Next time you wanna get something, make sure there aren't any parents around to shit us." Lied glared at Jazz.
Elizabetta and Kerori are flying together while Kamui see them alone which means it is time for him to make his move, he swoops over hoping to "charm" them into feeling for him only he never got the chance when a large part of a building broke off and fell right on top of the owl boy causing him to fall.
"Do you think he'll be alright?" Kerori asked, seeing Kamui fall.
"I don't know, but let's hope that he'll land on something soft." Elizabetta said, not caring much for Kamui.
"Come on, we should be able to see if there are any clothing store along the way." Elizabetta said.
"Huh, but aren't we supposed to be getting food to restock ourselves?" Kerori asked surprise.
"Don't worry, it'll be a quick shopping for clothes, I still wanna see what kind of fashion style the humans make for themselves!" Elizabetta excitedly.
"You know, maybe we could find something cute for you too." Elizabetta said to the shy girl.
"Oh, no, that's not necessary. I don't think I could pull of anything good." Kerori proclaimed.
"We won't know unless we try." Elizabetta said.
On the ground, some of the humans who stick together are doing their best to keep up with their demon companions while Millie and Loona are with them and ahead of the group.
"Are you sure you remember which way the food store is?" Akane asked her dad.
"Sure, Iruma gave me the address. I'll remember it like an elephant never forgets." Zenkichi promised.
"Let just hope everyone remembers to get the food than focusing on the food." Makoto concerned.
"That if they don't get full of themselves." Akiharu said.
"Look out!" Millie jumped next to Akane and fired two bullets at an incoming big snake with four green eyes trying to take a bite out of the little girl.
"Thanks a lot, Millie!" Akane thanked, sighing in relief.
"No problem, suga! You know I got your back!" Millie smiled at the girl.
"Another one incoming!" Zenkichi alerted and took out his two guns, firing some at another big snake and managing to get a few hits on the body.
But the two big snakes wouldn't be scared off that easily as they hiss at their prey for trying to fight back, they pounces which they quickly dodge and Makoto throws a strong punch with the spiked bass-knuckles and Loona shreds another with her fangs.
"These things just don't know when to stop trying to eat others." Makoto commented.
"Yeah, it's kind of their thing." Loona said and took out her gun to shoot a bullet through the head of the other snake.
"I so wanna fight like them!" Akane amazed.
"How about we focus on getting to the big market and then we'll talk about it." Zenkichi said, feeling a bit worried that his daughter is picking on all this violence a little too much.
Miko and Five are riding their bikes together through the broken streets, Broseph is right behind them riding on a skateboard.
"How are you doing on the skateboard, Bro?" Five asked.
"It's different than riding a surfboard, but it's almost the same. So, I'm getting the hang of it!" Broseph answered before jumping on a pipe to grind it.
Shoko is seen running on her own for a bit while being between Makoto's group and the three others behind her, she jumps onto a bendy pole and bounces her high in the air to grab onto a pipe with a chain to slide down.
"On the upside, this does help out with my exercise." Shoko said to herself.
"Coming through!" Kirie ran past Shoko and side down a long pipe back down to the ground.
Suddenly a little creature with a small black body and a white round head that also has horns and red eyes.
"Oh shit!" Kirie gasped.
The little black-white monster tries attacking Kirie with a jump for the face to eat off the skin and eyeballs, but Kirie reacted much faster than the little monster as she threw a punch right in the face followed by a fast and strong axe-kick to crush the monster's head in the concrete and crushing it to death.
"Man, that almost got me." Kirie sighed in relief.
But she didn't realize that there are five hidden flower monsters as they creep their way up to her and were about to go down to chomp onto the girl's body, but they are burn away by a fire from above.
"Huh, what was that?" Kirie asked shock.
"You were about to get eaten by some plants, so I burn them away." Alice said, landing close to her.
"Oh, thank you, Alice." Kirie thanked.
"By the way, do you know where Master Iruma is? I believe he is with Selnia and Philp right now." Alice asked, he has been unable to find Iruma around during the race.
"They should be on their way to the food market store, but I haven't seen them right now." Kirie answered.
"I see, but I'm not too worried about them. The girls are fortunate to be with Master Iruma, he shall keep them safe and destroy everything that dares to stand in his way!" Alice believed.
"Wow, you really became a follow for Iruma." Kirie surprised. It was only two days ago that Alice didn't see much in Iruma, but now he's a devoted follow to Iruma, and maybe a little obese with him too.
"Well, if you really believe that Iruma will be okay out here then I'll have some fate in him too." Kirie smiled.
"Just make sure that annoying pipsqueak doesn't slow you down with her weight." Shoko said, running past them.
"Don't worry, I'm actually lighter than I look!" Clara popped out from Alice's back.
"What the fuck?! When did you get on my back?" Alice asked angrily.
"Oh, I say… ten seconds after the race started." Clara answered.
"So, from the start?!" Alice angered.
"Hey Clara, why don't you get off from Alice's back and come run with me! It'll be more fun to run together!" Kirie volunteered to take Clara off Alice's back, literally too.
"Okay, but only if Azz-Azz is on our team!" Clara said with a little demand.
"Sure, he can fly right above us!" Kirie nodded.
"Hey, I don't want anything to do with this little bitch!" Alice complained, but he was ignored.
"(I really hope Master Iruma is having a better time than I am.)" Alice thought exclaimed, praying for Iruma to be doing well in this race.
(With Iruma, Selnia, and Philp)
"We're not a better time!" Iruma screamed.
The reason for the screaming is because Iruma is running for his life from the armor demon hogs the couple ran into a while back with Loona, and these dangerous piggies are trying to ram their horns into their flesh and eat them alive which is something Iruma won't allow.
"They're still behind us!" Philp alerted.
"Let me see if I pack anything that could help us!" Selnia looked inside the backpack.
"Hurry, I don't think the rickshaw is gonna be able to handle those pig's strength!" Iruma said.
Iruma quickly made a sharp left turn on a street and then went in through the open space little area then through inside a small building, he ran up the stairs and jumps through a window.
"Iruma, are you okay?" Selnia asked concern.
"Yeah, I'm alright! No need to worry about me!" Iruma said, not letting the pain get to him.
"Hold on, I got something!" Selnia pulled out a flashlight.
"It would be easy if we should blind them." Selnia said, believing this flashlight won't be enough.
Then a flat and round object fell on Philp's lap, a large lens of some kind.
"Will this help?" Philp asked, showing this to Selnia.
"Yes, that will definitely help!" Selnia smiled.
Philp helps with holding the lens up and facing toward the demon pigs with, Selnia held the flashlight at the lens turning it on and the light shines through the lens making it bigger and brighter that blind the demon pigs causing them to bump into each crash into their surroundings.
"We did it!" Selnia cheered and hugs Philp who is glad that it worked.
"That's good to hear." Iruma sighed in relief.
But the victory was a little short-live when a big three-headed dog pops out of the ground right underneath Iruma and the girls, the sudden surprise causes Iruma and the girls in the rickshaw to be launch in the air soaring for a moment before crashing down.
"Ow… Is everyone okay?" Iruma asked, groaning in pain.
"I'm still in one piece, thankfully." Selnia said.
"Yeah, but it won't be like that for long!" Philp was scared when seeing the three-headed monster dog coming out of the ground some more.
Iruma looks around to see if there is any place for them to hide until he spotted an opening in an alleyway.
"Quick, through there!" Iruma pointed to the alleyway.
The girls quickly got themselves up and ran for the alleyway right behind Iruma and the three-headed monster dog started to chase after them, the three humans ran the fastest they could and manage to get into the alleyway as the dog monster got stuck with one head going in.
"Alright, I don't think it'll follow us anymore." Philp believed.
However, the three-headed demon dog wouldn't give up the chase that easily as it keeps on trying to get into the alleyway and eventually breaking through the structure and slowly moving forward.
"No! I was wrong!" Philp screamed.
"We need to lose that thing because none of us would be able to stand a chance in a head-on fight!" Selnia pointed out that none of them are combat people.
Hearing that struck a little nerve in Iruma, this is making him think about how he wanted to do more than just evading danger, that he wanted to help others than running away from the danger like he has been doing for years before all of this.
He couldn't help but feel like he is just going to keep doing this until he dies and leaving Selnia behind, he doesn't want that to happen when he still got so much to live for.
"(I want to live… No, more than that. I want to fight to keep on living!)" Iruma thought determined.
Suddenly a large metal cart-car pulls over blocking the way for our young survivors.
"What the fuck is this crap?!" Selnia gasped.
"Oh my, to think I would find myself some costumers in such deep trouble." A man chuckled, opening his hatch.
"Huh, sir? Could you please move out of the way, there's a really big dog chasing us and trying to eat us!" Iruma pointed back at the three-headed demon dog.
"Oh yes, that little trio-dog monster, nothing like the real Cerberus guarding the gates of the underworld, but still vicious with the fangs and all." The man said.
"Whoa, you know what that big doggy is?" Iruma surprised.
"When you do a certain type of work as I have for quite a long time, you tend to learn a lot of things." The chubby man said.
"Anyway, you can call me The Duke and I have come to give you a very special offer that you will want right now." The Duke introduced himself.
"We can do this when we're NOT about to be eaten by the giant dog?!" Selnia screamed with her drill-hair going off.
"Now, now, this won't take long and it's something special for this one." The Duke pointed at Iruma.
"For me?" Iruma asked.
"Yes, I can see that you wish to do something about this whole surviving the Hell-Ending World crisis and want to pull more of your own weight. To not let others do all the heavy lifting when you could do something." The Duke smiled.
Iruma was surprised to hear that this man he just met sounds like he knew the blue hair boy what he was feeling just now.
Maybe, maybe this strange could help Iruma feel more confident in himself to actually fight the danger and not just keep on running away from it. This could be what he needs right now.
"Show me what you got!" Iruma said.
"What, Iruma? Are you serious right now?!" Selnia asked shock.
"Glad I have your attention, now here is a little something that should give you a little should more push forward." The Duke reached for the back and pulls out what appeared to be a pair of large blue bat wings.
"Wings?" Iruma puzzled.
"These aren't just any wings that can grant you the ability to fly, but they can also do so much more if you're willing to listen." The Duke said.
"Whatever they do, I think you better use them now?!" Philp shouted in fear at the Trio Dog Monster is getting close and it looks like there is fire coming from the inside of its mouth.
"Put these on your back and have them shield in front of you and your women here, and watch." The Duke said, Iruma did what he said putting on the wings and stood firm toward the dog monster.
"And don't worry about the cost, this will be on the house for this moment right now." The Duke mentioned.
"Thank you very much!" Iruma shouted as he holds the wings forward like shields.
The Trio Dog Monster unleashes its trio of fire breathes going right for the three kids to burn them alive, but they never made contact with the kids because they are held back by Iruma's wings as they are glowing brightly in a royal-Egyptian blue color.
"Wow!" Iruma amazed.
And then the wings push back the trio of fire sending them right back at the Trio-Dog Monster getting hit by its own attack causing an explosion.
"Iruma, that was amazing!" Selnia amazed while Philp is very shocked.
"I did it, I really fought back!" Iruma said to himself.
"Mister, these wings strong enough to carry two people?" Iruma asked.
"Try ten times than what you were thinking." The Duke smiled.
"In that case, we're off to the giant food market!" Iruma grinned as he pulls Selnia and Philp into his arms.
"Just be careful when you get there, a few survivors are there, and they are NOT the friendly kind." The Duke warned.
"Thank you, I hope to see you again really soon!" Iruma said before he suddenly flew up high and fast while carrying the girls and flew into the direction of the food market.
The Duke notice a faint bumping sound and turn his head to see one closed drawer with a shiny gold glow coming from the inside.
"Sooner than you think, boy." The Duke grinned, believing there might be one more thing for Iruma.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Iruma got himself new wings to help him change his way of survival like being able to fight back and he'll also find out what else those wings can do, and he got them from free from the Duke himself from the Resident Evil Village game. He's going to be Iruma's regular merchant from now on.
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